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Joey Yi Zhao
Joey Yi Zhao

Reputation: 42500

How can I change the working directory when running a docker container?

I am running a yarn command inside node docker container and I'd like to change the working directory on docker run command. The current command I am using is:

docker run -v $(pwd)/$BUILDDIR:/outputs -it --rm node:12.16.2-alpine3.11 cd /outputs;yarn install --only=production --pure-lockfile

I got this output:

sh: can't open 'cd': No such file or directory
yarn install v1.22.4
[1/4] 🔍  Resolving packages...
success Already up-to-date.
✨  Done in 0.13s.

It seems that it tries to run cd as a script file. How can I change working directory without updating docker image?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2232

Answers (1)

Joseph Sible-Reinstate Monica
Joseph Sible-Reinstate Monica

Reputation: 48572

Use --workdir or -w instead of trying to cd:

docker run -v $(pwd)/$BUILDDIR:/outputs -it --rm -w /outputs node:12.16.2-alpine3.11 yarn install --only=production --pure-lockfile

Upvotes: 2

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